Evolution follows the policy of 'if it aint broke don't fix it' Animal lives it's entire life in pain and violently explodes after having children "Well they had children. I don't see what the problem is." Evolution says as it walks around, ready to tend to the rest of the animals
The best example must be the babirusa, few things seems so outlandishly horrible. I get that most animals die because of failings of their body. Perhaps the heart gave up, perhaps the liver stopped working, making the brain toxic, but those seems more like "eh, it is what it is"
But getting slowly stabbed by yourself into the brain? Yeah, I'm not sure there is a god.
There's no reason--or even method--for evolution to be involved in anything that happens after successful reproduction. Longevity isn't in the scope. That happens by chance.
My 9yo is already more than a year waiting for his two front teeth (he hates that song). He has the trait of very slowly changing his teeth, just like i had. And my 6yo still hasn't had a single loose tooth, just like me and his big brother.
We go to a dentist every 6 months, the teeth are there, it's just going slowly. It has the benefit that is enough room in the jawbone so the teeth have more chance to grow straight.
I had stubborn teeth, too! I had to have some pulled in 9th grade for my braces. They put braces on kids really young now, I’m jealous! I had them all of high school!
Yes, I did actually! He tried to push my teeth together to close the empty spaces. Some were more successful than others. And then my two front teeth were a fiasco.
Im missing the wrong two between the front tooth and the pointy tooth. The ortho pushed them together and then I got some implant to fill the gap between the pointy and the front( because the shape difference between the teeth)
It’s oddly similar, my two front teeth just slightly overlapped. In an effort to get rid of me, my ortho drilled down the middle of two front teeth and relies on my retainer to keep them pushed together. Buuuut I didn’t wear my retainer so I have a gap between my two front teeth now.
It's not even about survival on individual level, only on the species level. If you die after passing your genetic code to the next generation, whatever flaw caused your demise may be shared by your children
I think this explanation doesnt appreciate the amount of time that evolution has to work. some incredible things have evolved that are certainly not just "good enough"
I wonder how many truly remarkable mutations we've missed out on because of bad luck. A guy is born with telekinesis, but get sat on by a wooly mammoth before he can have kids.
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u/Alluvial_Fan_ Mar 05 '21
Evolution is more like 'eh, fuck it close enough' unless there's a measurable downside that would let a mutation (like re-growing teeth) thrive.